Roger Bedford, Jr.

Roger Bedford, Jr. (2 July 1956-) was a member of the Alabama Senate from 1982 to 1990 and from 1994 to 2014.

Biography
Roger Bedford, Jr. was born in Fort Belvadere, Virginia on 2 July 1956, and he received his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, Alabama. Bedford joined the Alabama State Bar, the National Rifle Association, American Cancer Society, Boy Scouts of America, and other organizations, and he was first elected as a state senator in 1982 as a member of the US Democratic Party. In 1996, his run for the Senate was defeated by US Republican Party member Jeff Sessions, and he remained a state senator until 2014.